On 5/23/2016 8:12 PM, wrote:
On Monday, May 23, 2016 at 9:51:56 PM UTC-4, JS wrote:
There's another hiccup. Others suggest "your own glider", I agree if
you're going to take it away for weeks at a time. A partner might want to
fly it too. Jim


True.. but being in New England I was thinking more of traveling in the
'off' season. I think it's likely that a syndicate partner could work it
out so that you BOTH had a chance to fly it somewhere else. Maybe leave
the tow vehicle there and let the other person tow one way.

yes... the right partner is key. I always joke that 'partners are for
dancing' however with the purchase price in the area I'm looking at, it's
either wait a few years, or get a partner. Honestly.. flying a whole bunch
in the 1-35 isn't that bad of an option. I just don't plan on going
anywhere with it. It's not too hard to rig, but a little bit of a chore.

JP


Partners - whether in marriage or gliders - are best chosen wisely (IMHO).
Been there, done both, with no major hiccups in either. OTOH, seen lotsa less
than successful choices in both fields...

As for wifey's frugality, there's a lot good to be said for it, if maximizing
retirement funds are a significant consideration. Rotating the tires on my
wife's original-owner/-engine, 280,000+ mile '87 Mustang today got us to
reflecting on the original-owner, 3-engine, '72 Ford Maverick I sold after 37
years for $500 (still a registered, driving, rustbucket when sold), and its
all-but-the-glider-towing-capability replacement '90 Honda CRX HF,
original-owner/-engine, 239,000 mile, 50mpg, everyday-car replacement parked
adjacent to the Mustang. When I think of all the vehicle replacement funds
never spent, taxes saved, etc., retirement bux were undoubtedly saved. Towing
is handled by a bought-used Tacoma these days. Works for us...

As to XC in a 1-35, you *are* aware that the world's first 1,000Km XC flight
in a 21/1 1-26 was made less than a month ago, right? (And by a derned KID,
kinda-sorta in your neck of the woods, he sez with the greatest respect!)
Point being, XC miles come less from the L/D than what's in the pilot's skull.
I've never felt hampered by "limiting myself" to a 1st-generation glass glider
for the bulk of my post 1-26 XC miles.

Meanwhile - "What everyone else has already said," about club dynamics, et al.

Bob W.

P.S. If wifey won't consent to a new Cobra, I'll consent to a mere Cobra
replica. We ARE talking cars, right?